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Your tree is so beautiful and your presents are wrapped so nicely. Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas, Yvonne.ReplyDelete
Lovely! Sometimes a complete change is just the right thing!
Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones.
Love how you used baskets to corral the presents! Simply lovely Yvonne. I especially like how the neutral colors make everything so peaceful. Blessings for a wonderful holiday season. Merry Christmas!! Gloria
What a beautiful tree. Oh goodness, Yvonne. Scamp is a precious little thing. Great idea to use baskets under the tree! Wishing you and your family the most blessed Christmas celebration!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous tree! I did a lot of snowflakes this season as well. Merry Christmas Yvonne to you and your family!ReplyDelete
Those gifts are too beautiful to unwrap!ReplyDelete
Hi lovely lady.
Your Christmas tree is Gorgeous!! I also love the idea to use baskets under the tree,hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas!!
XXOO Diane
Yvonne, your tree is gorgeous! Everything looks so wintry and sparkly; and your gifts are all so pretty! I wish you and your family a Very Merry and Blessed Christmas!ReplyDelete
Very beautiful tree Yvonne. Love the idea of baskets to corral the gifts.Hope you have a very Merry Christmas.ReplyDelete
Your tree is pure perfection! i love the baskets with the wrapped present, very clever idea.Merry Christmas, FrancineReplyDelete
Yvonne I adore your Snowy creation for Christmas!!
Scamp is all set for the holidays as well.
The very best to you and yours!
Love and Hugs,
Art by Karena
Yvonne, this is hands down the prettiest tree I have ever seen. It is perfect in every way. Did you make the snowflakes? I just loved your snow-covered balls. I love the packages and snowflakes on the brown paper. Just simply LOVE it all. Merry Christmas, my friend! xxoo BarbReplyDelete
it's just beautiful yvonne...i didn't even put up a tree this year and very little decorations as we're heading to the beach on christmas day...i usually take everything down on the 26th but it will have to stay up a little longer until we get back.
i love that black & white plaid ribbon but i'm having a hard time finding any around here...did you order it or find it locally?
i hope you and your family have a wonderfully blessed christmas and happy new year!
Your tree is just beautiful, Yvonne! Love the "snowball" ornaments. Your packages look great, too. I'm going the kraft and white paper route next year. Used up just about all of the paper I would get on clearance after Christmas this year. Merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
I love it Yvonne,it's just stunning in it's holiday coat of snow white. Thanks for sharing your holiday home.ReplyDelete
Breathtaking!!!! LUV it.ReplyDelete
What a beautiful tree! I love all of the snowy touches... Absolutely gorgeous! Your presents remind me of Kelly's from The Lilypad Cottage. So, so pretty! Every detail is stunning.ReplyDelete
Your tree is stunning, Yvonne! The doggie is pretty adorable too!
Merry Christmas.
Such a pretty tree, I love all the white and snowflakes. I'll have to try the snow ornaments you did just love them!
Merry Christmas to you!
Just how whismy this that? All you need is a bluejay near the top. Darling Scamp looks very dapper indeed. Merry Christmasd!
warm hugs,
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Yvonne: The tree is so beautiful. It certainly projects the feeling that you were after. Everything from the gifts to little Scamp are absolutely wonderful and just scream Christmas in a very perfect way..Have a Happy One..JudyReplyDelete
Happy Holidays to you and yours..
Everything is perfection:) My gifts? Not so much..6 got wrapped absolutely cutely..and all the rest.. mass production..it's the kidlets..w/ their stockings plus the adult stockings..Mme Claus..tires of wrapping:) etc..Oyoyoy..
And Santa brings them Christmas eve..so no one sees them:)Yay!
The cute ones went under the tree..Must admit your pooch is very festive too.
All the best..
Looks lovely Yvonne!
Merry Christmas!
Your tree looks sooo beautiful! The photographs are great too - so it really must be amazing in person. The frosty ornaments are especially fun - very winter wonderland :)ReplyDelete
Your tree is beautiful Yvonne and Scamp is such a cutie! Wishing you and yours a wonderful Christmas-enjoy:@)ReplyDelete
Absolutely beautiful! Have a Merry Christmas!!!ReplyDelete
It is just stunning, Yvonne. I don't know how your tree could look better in person! I really like your painted snowflakes on the wrapping paper and your icy ornaments with Epsom salt. (I decided to put real ribbon on packages this year and it took about one spool per gift!)ReplyDelete
I love Scamp. What an adorable guy. And the tree, well it's simply You. So lovely.
Merry Christmas Yvonne, thanks for all the beauty you share.
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Yvonne, your tree is absolutely gorgeous! And the snowflake theme blends in with the natural and rustic look. Merry Christmas to you and your family! Have a wonderful time together!ReplyDelete
Oh, Yvonne, it is over the top gorgeous. Seriously it is so snowy wonderland beautiful. Love the plaid bows on the packages, too.
Merry Christmas!!
GORGEOUS tree Yvonne!! Your presents look to pretty to open:)
Scamp is such a cutie, he looks just like our Toby! I didn't know you had a pomeranian too.
Merry Christmas friend!
I love your tree! It's looks like it's part of a winter wonderland. Sometimes, it's nice to have a change!ReplyDelete
U r so talented and so generous to share all ur inspirations. I love the whole theme! I love how U made the brown paper wrap by painting the snowflakes. Peaceful!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful Christmas tree! And beautifully wrapped gifts... I hope you have a very Merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
I think it looks great and the photographs turned out very nicely.
You have a Merry Christmas.
Your tree is stunning! It could easily be in a magazine, right from the tippy top to the beautifully wrapped presents at the bottom. Cute pup too.ReplyDelete
Just beautiful!!!! Love everything about it. You will have to do a tutorial on the snowflake gift wrap. Hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas.ReplyDelete
Such a beautiful tree. I have been wanting to do a flocked tree as well. You have inspired me and I think I will go for it next Christmas.... a year to prepare so no excuses. Thanks for the visual push I needed.ReplyDelete
Trying to take a few moments and catch up with everyone. Yvonne, you tree and gifts are beautiful. The snowy ornaments you made are so frosty and cute!
Wishing you a Happy Christmas and a Wonderful New Year!
You put an end to my sugared fruits on my pencil tree near our piano. Next year my pencil tree will be a somewhat copy of this gorgeous tree. (I know, almost all the above comments use this same adjective, but that's the word that came out of my mouth as I read your blog.) I'm hoping to pin your tree to keep as my visual. Charting snowflakes and white sprigs and twigs on my after Christmas sale list.
Merry Christmas and thank you for a fabulous year, especially "On the Menu Monday."
Love the tree! The wrapping paper is neat-o. So glad you have shared.
May you have a wonderful Christmas. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas.
God richly bless you,
Lovely Decorations! Just found your fantastic sight! Looking forward to a new vision! Have a lovely holiday! Sweetly, Susan, Chocolatier with Sias For Sweets!ReplyDelete
Gorjimus and beautimus, Yvonne. That is one incredible sight.
LOVE love love it.
I love, LOVE, L O V E your SNOWflake Christmas Tree!!!
How creative to make your own ornaments by embellishing with glue and epsomslats!
I, also, adore the white twigs inserted to bring more brightness to the tree!
Your gifts are so elegantly wrapped...nice natural touches with the greenery and I LOVE the homemade gift wrap!
Merry, Merry Christmas, dear friend!!!
Yvonne~ What a beautiful winter wonderful of a tree down to the snowflake covered packages! Sweet little Scamp looks downright dapper in his sweater! Doggy kisses from Chloe & Gracie and Merry Christmas wishes to you & yours!ReplyDelete
Your tree is BEAUTIFUL!!! I SOOOOOOOOOO ENJOY your Blog and all the lovely changes you have made to your home!
Hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas!!
Your tree is gorgeous Yvonne and so are all of the pretty packages. Perfect - just like you. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
oh it looks beautiful! I think I would love to have it in the window of my Boston shop~I am loving the black plaid ribbon on the brown paper packages! So so pretty~Merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
What a fabulous tree, Yvonne. So beautiful! Merry, Merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
Holy toledo that tree is amazingly beautiful!!! It was worth the wait for sure!!! You REALLY outdid yourself! The snowy theme is gorgeous and HOW did you have time to even make the wrapping paper!!!!??? You are amazing, now I feel like a real slug!!!!!!!!!!!! Wishing you and the whole family a MOST blessed Christmas and much Christmas love to you all. XOXOReplyDelete
What a wonderful tree - I simply love it! And your little puppy is precious. what is its breed - looks just like Boo.
Have a wonderful Christmas.
He is a Boo~ he's a Pom. We keep him cut short because he rolls in the farm fields. He has the sweetest personality. Can you tell I am a proud mama!Delete
Beautiful. Why with a whole woods full of twigs have I never thought of spraying them white and enhancing our tree? Well maybe next year because I love that.
Hi, Yvonne
What a beautiful tree and your sweet dog is too cute! Merry Christmas!
Stunning and a reminder of peace - quiet and beautiful. Happy Holidays to you and your family. pwiggsReplyDelete
Yvonne this is just incredible. I don't know how you find the time. Your attention to detail is astounding...so, so pretty. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Enjoy!ReplyDelete
Your tree is so pretty, just like everything in your lovely home. I loved seeing your photo of Scamp. I always wondered what your dog looked like. I would like to ask where did you get all those great tin snowflake ornaments? You have some on your mantel too? Where did you find them? Merry Christmas to you and your family!ReplyDelete
You say the photos don't do it justice?!?!?! Wow, that's scary! It can look even MORE beautiful?!?!??!! Gorgeous tree, Yvonne! Have a Merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
What beautiful photos Yvonne...a pinning festival!!! I love your doggie photo, how adorable. I hope you enjoyed a wonderful Christmas and wishing you a perfect start to the new year!
XO Barbara
Your tree is gorgeous and I love the way you decorated the packages with the snowflake pattern.....All of the packages are just amazingly beautiful!!...the kind of gifts you hate to unwrap...!!!ReplyDelete
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COLLEGE PARK, MD. – The No. 1 Maryland (5-0) men's lacrosse team returns to Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium for a Friday night showdown with Villanova (1-3). The Terps and the Wildcats are scheduled for a 7 p.m. start on March 14.
• Maryland is coming off of an 11-8 road win at Stony Brook last Saturday. Senior Mike Chanenchuk led the Terps with four goals vs. the Seawolves in his Long Island homecoming. Chanenchuk leads the team this season with 21 points on 16 goals and five assists. He is followed closely by Philly-area native Matt Rambo, who has 15 points on 11 goals and four assists. Junior Charlie Raffa has won 55-of-92 (.598) faceoffs this season with a team-best 37 groundballs. Senior Michael Ehrhardt has made a seamless transition to the long-stick midfield spot and has 18 groundballs, which leads all non-faceoff men, and a team-best 12 caused turnovers. Senior Niko Amato has started every game of his college career (55 straight) and boasts a 5.60 goals-against average this season with a .650 save percentage.
• Villanova comes into Friday night's game with a 1-3 record after 12-11 loss at the hands of crosstown rival Penn last Saturday. Senior attackman Kevin O'Neill leads the Villanova offense with 10 points on seven goals and three assists. Sophomore attackman Johnny Galloway is next with eight points on six goals and two assists, while freshman midfielder Austin Frederick is the team's leader in assists with four to go along with four goals. The Wildcat defense boasts the returning 2013 Big East Defensive Player of the Year in John LoCascio, who leads Villanova with 28 groundballs and 11 caused turnovers. Freshman Dan Willis has played every minute in net for the Wildcats and has a 9.38 goals-against average and is saving 51.2 percent of the shots opponents have put on goal. Senior faceoff specialist Thomas Croonquist was a first team All-Big East selection last season and is a preseason honorable mention All-American this year after winning 199-of-356 (.559) faceoffs in 2013. So far this season, Croonquist has won 45-of-84 (.536) draws with 22 groundballs to his credit.
• Fans will be able to watch the Maryland-Villanova game live on TerpsTV, which is a subscription service that offers exclusive video and audio content. Steve Stofberg (Maryland '94), the vioce of Terrapin lacrosse, will handle the play-by-play, while 2004 All-American Tim McGinnis provides the analysis.
• The game vs. the Wildcats will be the third of five Maryland men's lacrosse games that will be streamed on TerpsTV in 2014. Maryland's upcoming games vs. Robert Morris (Apr. 2) and Navy (May 3) will also be streamed live.
10 … Since 2002 Maryland has won 106 of the 115 games in which the Terps have scored 10 or more goals for a .922 winning percentage.
9 … Maryland is 124-26 in games since 2002 when it allows nine goals or less, for an .827 winning percentage.
8 … The 2014 team is just the eighth Maryland team since 1971 to win its first five games while holding each opponent to single-digits.
7 … Seven current Terps are from the Greater Philadelphia area and three more are from the surrounding areas.
6 … Maryland scored six of its 10 goals vs. the Wildcats last season in the second half.
5 … Jay Carlson scored five goals in last season's 10-7 win over Villanova.
4 … Maryland is 5-0 for the fourth time since 2004.
3 … This season is just the third time since 2000 that the Terps have scored double-digits in each of its first five games.
2 … The Terps have played Villanova twice with John Tillman as the head coach and have won both.
1 … Maryland is ranked the No. 1 team in the country for the 11th time since 1978.
• John Tillman is in his seventh season as a head coach, and fourth with the Terps, with a 60-34 career record for a 63.8 winning percentage. Tillman is 40-15 (.727) as Maryland's head coach. He had a 20-19 record in three seasons as the head coach at Harvard.
• Michael Corrado is in his seventh season season as a head coach, all at Villanova, and is 59-49 (.546).
• Tillman is 2-0 in his only two games vs. Villanova.
• Maryland is 7-0 in the all-time series with Villanova. This will be just the third meeting between the Terps and the Wildcats since 1998. Maryland and Villanova played each season from 1994-98.
• Last season, sophomore Jay Carlson scored a career-best five goals in the Terrapins' 10-7 over the Wildcats at Villanova Stadium on March 16, 2013. Junior goalie Niko Amato made 11 saves in his return to his hometown.
• In 2012, Owen Blye set his career high with six points on four goals and two assists to lead the Terps to an 11-5 win over his hometown team. Maryland opened up a 7-0 lead and cruised to the victory. Niko Amato, another Philadelphia-area product, had 12 saves and six groundballs.
• The 1998 meeting was the season-opener and the Terps came away with a 18-5 victory. Four Maryland players finished with three points apiece, led by Kevin Pasqualina's first career hat trick. Kevin Healy played the first 47 minutes in cage for the Terps and finished with six saves.
• The Terps took over the top spot in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll and the USILA Coaches' Poll on March 3 after two impressive wins over then-No. 2 Syracuse and then-No. 1 Duke in sucsessive weeks. This is the 11th time Maryland has earned the No. 1 ranking since 1986.
• Overall, Maryland has played 30 games as the No. 1-ranked team and is 20-10 in those games.
• This last time the Terps were the No. 1 team in the rankings was in the 2013 season. After taking over the top spot following its 12-10 win at then-No. 1 Loyola on Feb. 23, the Terps played six games as the nation's outright top team and was 4-2, defeating Duke, 16-7, in Durham on March 2, topping Stony Brook, 13-7, at home on March 10, going on the road to beat Villanova, 10-7, on March 16 and dropping a 10-8 decision to North Carolina on March 23. After regaining the No. 1 ranking on April 1, the Terps defeated Navy, 11-8, in Annapolis on April 5, but then dropped a 7-4 decision at home to Johns Hopkins on April. 13.
• Prior to the 2013 season, the last time Maryland was the top team in the nation was in March of 2006 after the Terps defeated then-No. 1 Duke, 8-7 on the road in overtime. Maryland defeated Towson as the No. 1 team the following Saturday, but fell, 7-6 in double-OT, to Bucknell on Tuesday, March 14. The Terrapins were still No. 1 in their 9-4 win at UMBC to close out their two-week stay at the top of the polls.
• The longest Maryland has held on to the No. 1 ranking was seven weeks in 1987. That streak came to an end with a 13-8 loss to No. 4 Johns Hopkins in the NCAA Semifinals.
• One axiom of lacrosse is that if you score 10 goals or more your chances of winning are pretty good. Well, a look at the results since 2002 shows that when Maryland scores 10 or more goals there's not just a pretty good chance the Terrapins will win; it's an almost certainty. Since 2002 Maryland has won 106 of the 115 games in which the Terps have scored 10 or more goals for a .922 winning percentage.
• Maryland scored 10, but fell at North Carolina, 11-10, on March 24, 2012 and again came out on the losing end, despite scoring 11 in a 13-11 loss at Colgate on May 5, 2012. The Terps scored 11 vs. Johns Hopkins on April 16, 2011, but the Blue Jays won the game in overtime, 12-11. On April 3 of last season the Terps lost to No. 1 Virginia by a final of 11-10, giving Maryland its only loss when scoring 10 or more goals in 2010. In 2009 the Terps lost to Georgetown, 13-10 on Feb. 21 and lost again when scoring 10 in the ACC Semifinals in a 16-10 defeat at North Carolina. Prior to that, Maryland had not lost when scoring 10 or more goals since dropping an 11-10 decision to Virginia in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament in Durham, N.C. The Terrapins got to 10 goals in the 100th game against Johns Hopkins, but the Blue Jays took the game 14-10. Virginia is the only team to beat the Terps twice when allowing 10 or more goals. The Wahoos did it first in 2002 with another 11-10 decision.
• The Terps have been extremely impressive (winning 92.2 percent of its games since 2002) when it scores 10 or more goals, they have been nearly as impressive when holding opponents to less than 10 goals during that span.
• Since 2002 Maryland is 124-26 in games, for a .827 winning percentage, when it has held opponents under 10 goals. The Terps have played 198 total games since 2002. Maryland has held opponents to nine goals or less 75.8 percent of the time.
• Since 2005 the Terps are a remarkable 64-4 (.941) when shooting 30% or better in a game. The only four losses were: 13-10 to Georgetown in 2009 (the Terps shot 10 of 30 for 33.3% vs. the Hoyas), 11-10 to No. 1 Virginia on April 3, 2010 (10 of 33 for 30.3%), 12-11 in overtime on April 16, 2011 to No. 3 Johns Hopkins (11 of 28 for 39.3%) and 13-11 at Colgate on May 5, 2012 (11 of 31 for 35.5%).
• Maryland is 5-0 on the year and shot 30% or better in two of its five victories and just barely missed that mark in the win at Syracuse.
W- Mount St. Mary's: 16 goals, 44 shots = 36.4%
W- UMBC: 14 goals, 45 shots = 31.1%
W- at Syracuse: 16 goals, 55 shots = 29.1%
W- Duke: 10 goals, 44 shots = 22.7%
W- at Stony Brook: 11 goals, 48 shots = 22.9%
• If 30% is the benchmark, then 40% shooting is in a class all to itself and Maryland has shot 40% or better in 15 games since the start of the 2008 season. Out of those 14 games, Maryland shot 50% or better in four of them.
• Five games into the 2014 season and so far and four Terps have nothced at least one point in every game.
• Senior Mike Chanenchuk has scored at least one point in each of the four games so far in 2014 and has a 28-game point scoring streak dating back to the Johns Hopkins game on Apr. 14, 2012. Overall, for his Maryland career Chanenchuk has tallied at least one point in 35 of 37 games.
• Juniors Jay Carlson and Joe LoCascio and freshman Matt Rambo have also registered at least one point in every game this season.
• With four goals in his first college game, a 16-3 win over Mount St. Mary's (Feb. 8), Matt Rambo became just the ninth Maryland men's lacrosse freshman to record a hat trick since 1998. He followed that up with another hat trick in the 14-3 win over UMBC (Feb. 15) to become the first Terp to record back-to-back hat tricks in his first two collegiate games since Grant Catalino in 2008.
• Connor Cannizzaro scored his first hat trick with three goals in the Terps' 16-8 win at Syracuse to become the 10th Terp freshman with a hat trick since 1998. This marks just the second time since 1998 that two freshman have recorded hat tricks in the same season.
• Game-by-game stats haven't been saved since the 1998 season, so the following chart can only go back to then, but here's a look at freshman hat tricks (consecutive games are underlined):
Andrew Combs (1 in 1998): 3-0=3 vs. Towson, Mar. 7
Mike LaMonica (1 in 1999): 3-0=3 vs. Penn State, Mar. 17
Mike Mollot (1 in 2000): 3-4=7 vs. Hofstra, May 14 (NCAA first round)
Dan LaMonica (3 in 2001): 3-1=4 vs. Duke, Mar. 4; 3-1=4 vs. Johns Hopkins, Apr. 14; 3-1=4 vs. Virginia, Apr. 20 (ACC semifinals)
Joe Walters (6 in 2003): 4-1=5 at Towson, Mar. 8; 4-2=6 vs. Bucknell, Mar. 11; 4-0=4 vs. Butler, Mar. 25; 3-1=4 at Virginia, Mar. 29; 4-0=4 at Navy, Apr. 5; 3-1=4 vs. UMBC, Apr. 25
Grant Catalino (3 in 2008): 4-0=4 at Georgetown, Feb. 23; 3-1=4 at Mount St. Mary's, Feb. 26; 4-3=7 vs. Yale, May 3
Travis Reed (4 in 2008): 4-1=5 at Mount St. Mary's, Feb. 26; 3-0=3 at Duke, Mar. 1; 3-0=3 vs. Providence, Mar. 3; 3-2=5 vs. Virginia, Mar. 29
John Haus (1 in 2010): 3-0=3 vs. North Carolina, Apr. 23 (ACC semifinals)
Matt Rambo (2 in 2014): 4-2=6 vs. Mount St. Mary's, Feb. 8; 3-0=3 vs. UMBC, Feb. 15
Connor Cannizzaro (1 in 2014): 3-1=4 at Syracuse, Feb. 22
• Senior midfielder Mike Chanenchuk scored five of the Terps' 10 goals in the team's 10-6 win over No. 1 Duke on March 1, 2014. That performance marks just the ninth time since 1998 that a Maryland player scored at least 50 percent of the team's goals in a victory (with a five-goal minimum). Chanenchuk is the first Maryland player since 1998 to accomplish the feat at home.
• Here's a look at Terps who have scored 50% or more of the team's goals (min. 5 goals) in wins since 1998:
Mike Chanenchuk, 5 goals in 10-6 win vs. Duke (3/1/14)
Jay Carlson, 5 goals in 10-7 win at Villanova (3/16/13)
Joe Walters, 6 goals in 11-4 win at Johns Hopkins (4/15/06)
Joe Walters, 5 goals in 9-6 win at North Carolina (3/25/06)
Xander Ritz, 5 goals in 8-7 OT win at Duke (3/4/06)
Joe Walters, 6 goals in 12-11 win vs. Virginia in ACC finals (4/25/04)
Buggs Combs, 6 goals in 10-4 win at Delaware (3/17/01)
Scott Hochstadt, 6 goals in 9-4 win at Yale (5/1/99)
Scott Hochstadt, 7 goals in 14-11 win at Virginia in ACC finals (4/19/98)
• There are a couple others earlier than 1998, which includes a minimum of six goals scored (which is the minimum for the single-game records):
Rob Wurzburger, 6 goals in 12-7 win at Towson (3/26/88)
Dick Corrigan, 9 goals in 17-10 win over Navy (4/26/58)
• The Terps boast an all-time record of 752-253-4 (.747), dating back to the first varsity team in 1924 (a team was not fielded in 1944 and 1945 due to World War II). Maryland has finished every one of its previous 88 seasons with a .500 or better record, including last season when the Terps went 12-6. The program reached the 700-win milestone with a 15-6 victory over Penn on April 14, 2009 at Ludwig Field and became just the fourth program with 750 wins with a 16-8 win at No. 2 Syracuse on Feb. 22, 2014.
• During the decade of the 2000s, Maryland went 111-49 for a .694 win percentage, making it the winningest decade in Terrapin lacrosse history. In the decade of the 1990s, Maryland posted a 95-47 record. The .669 winning percentage matched Maryland's win percentage of the 1980s when the Terps went 83-41 and also compiled a .669 win percentage. So far, Maryland is 52-19 in the 2010's for a .732 winning percentage.
• Maryland's 15-6 victory over Penn on April 14, 2009 was the program's 700th victory in 84 seasons of varsity men's lacrosse. The Terps join Johns Hopkins, Syracuse, Navy, Army and Cornell as the only programs with 700 or more Division I wins.
• Two things that make Maryland's accomplishment all the more impressive is that the Terps reached the 700-win plateau in just their 84th season. Only Syracuse reached win No. 700 in as few seasons, but it took the Orange 53 more games than Maryland. In fact, Maryland needed only 940 games to reach 700 wins and only Johns Hopkins needed fewer games (932) to hit the historic number, but the Blue Jays did so in their 105th season.
• Maryland's 18-6 win over the Colgate on May 4, 2013 extended the Terps' streak of double-digit win seasons to 11, which is the longest active streak in NCAA Division I men's lacrosse. (Special thanks to Patrick Stevens of the D1scource.com).
• There are only four programs with a current streak of at least five-straight 10-win seasons:
Maryland (11): 2013 (10-4), 2012 (12-6), 2011 (13-5), 2010 (12-4), 2009 (10-7), 2008 (10-6), 2007 (10-6), 2006 (12-5), 2005 (11-6), 2004 (13-3), 2003 (12-4)
Notre Dame (8): 2013 (11-4), 2012 (13-3), 2011 (11-3), 2010 (10-7), 2009 (15-1), 2008 (14-3), 2007 (11-4), 2006 (10-5)
Duke (7): 2013 (16-5), 2012 (15-5) 2011 (14-6), 2010 (16-4), 2009 (15-4), 2008 (18-2), 2007 ( 17-3)
North Carolina (5): 2013 (13-4), 2012 (11-6), 2011 (10-6), 2010 (13-3), 2009 (12-6)
• Cornell's string of seven-straight 10+ win seasons came to an end in 2012 with a 9-4 final mark. Virginia's streak of eight-consecutive seasons with 10+ wins ended in 2013 with a 7-8 record, while Siena saw its run of six 10-win seasons end with an 8-9 mark this season.
• Many school's refer to their sports programs as families, but the Maryland men's lacrosse program is truly a family affair. Since 2001, the Terps have had 13 sets of brothers, including three on this season's roster, don the red and black together for at least one season.
Harry & Thomas Alford: 2004-05-06-07
Jake & Jesse Bernhardt: 2010-11-12-13
Justin & Owen Blye: 2009-10-11
Brian & Kevin Cooper: 2011-12-13
Billy & Bobby Gribbin: 2012-13
Brendan & Ian Healy: 2003-04-05
Bryn & Curtis Holmes: 2010
Bryn & Travis Holmes: 2007
Dan & Mike LaMonica: 2001-02
Chris & Willy Passavia: 2001-02-03
Brian & Michael Phipps: 2007
Max & Xander Ritz: 2005-06
Mark & Michael White: 2008-09-10-11
• The 2014 season is the first since 2000 that the Terps have not had a brother combination on the roster.
• Maryland has an 85-3-1 (.961) lifetime record in season openers dating back to the 1924 season. The Terps have won their last 19 openers and 26 of the last 27, with the only loss coming to Duke in 1993, when they fell to Duke 9-5 on March 6.
• After losing their 1925 opener to Yale, 5-3, the Terps went on to win 40 consecutive season openers from 1926 through 1967. The streak was broken when Maryland tied Princeton, 6-6, in the 1968 opener. Following the deadlock, Maryland went on to win its next 14 openers, giving the Terps a 54-0-1 record over a 57-year span (Maryland did not field a team in 1944 and 1945 due to World War II.)
• After beating Mount St. Mary's to open the 2013 season the Terps have an 20-game winning streak in season openers. Five of those wins came against Villanova (1994-98) and the last nine over Denver, Mount St. Mary's (three times), Air Force, Hobart, Duke, Georgetown (four times), Bellarmine (twice), Presbyterian, Detroit Mercy and Hartford. Over the 21-year stretch, Maryland outscored its foes 306-108 (an average score of 14.6-5.1) in those games.
• The Terps have not allowed more than seven goals to any opponent in a season opener over the last 21 years. Maryland has not allowed an opponent to score 10 or more goals in a season opener since Syracuse beat the Terps, 16-13 on March 9, 1983.
• Led by senior defender Michael Ehrhardt, four Maryland men's lacrosse student-athletes were chosen in the 2014 Major League Lacrosse collegiate draft.
• Ehrhardt was chosen seventh overall by the Charlotte Hounds, becoming the eighth Maryland player to be taken in the first round, joining Lee Zink (2004, 5th), Chris Passavia (2004, 6th), Joe Walters (2006, 1st), Bill McGlone (2006, 5th), Ray Megill (2007, 9th), Joe Cinosky (2008, 9th) and Jesse Bernhardt (2013, 4th).
• Senior midfielder Mike Chanenchuk was the next Terrapin off the board, also joining the Hounds as the 11th overall selection.
• The third Terp to be selected was senior goalie Niko Amato, becoming the first Terp to join the Florida Launch, with the 29th overall selection.
• The final Terp to be drafted was senior short-stick defensive midfielder Brian Cooper, who earned the distinction of being 2014's MLL equivalent of "Mr. Irrelevant" as the final selection of the draft, going with the 64th overall selection to the Chesapeake Bayhawks.
• Five Maryland men's lacrosse alumni were named to the 30-man roster for the U.S. National Team that will compete at the 2014 FIL World Championships from July 10-19 in Denver.
• Jesse Bernhardt (2013), Dan Burns (2011), Jeff Reynolds (2009), Drew Snider (2012) and Lee Zink (2004) made the team, which was selected from an original pool of 98 players through a seven-month selection process.
• Maryland's five selections are tied for the most of any college program with Johns Hopkins, which also has five alums among the 30-man roster.
• Four players have been named team captains for the 2014 season. The quartet, which was selected by a combination of team vote and coaches' input, consists of seniors Tyler Adelsberger, Niko Amato, Mike Chanenchukand Michael Ehrhardt.
• The University of Maryland's men's lacrosse team will compete in the Big Ten Conference beginning with the 2015 season, following an announcement from the conference office on June 3, 2013 that the Big Ten has secured six men's teams when Johns Hopkins was accepted as a sport affiliate member for men's lacrosse only beginning with the 2014-15 academic year to give the Big Ten six men's programs, joining Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Rutgers.
• The six programs that will comprise Big Ten men's lacrosse boast 56 national championships, with schools that have competed for more than a century. Johns Hopkins has been an independent since 1883 and leads all schools with 44 national championships. Maryland has claimed 11 national titles, while Rutgers has also won a national championship. The Scarlet Knights launched men's lacrosse in 1887, followed by programs starting in 1913 for Penn State, 1924 for Maryland and 1953 for Ohio State. Michigan instituted a men's lacrosse program in 2012. Maryland, Ohio State and Penn State each qualified for the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 2013, with the Buckeyes advancing to the quarterfinals.


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Unseasonably warm weather, as so often happens, triggered rumor precipitation in the iOSsphere.
This week, the thin-screened iPhone, new guesses about The Date, confirming LTE based on something Verizon didn't say, the beauty of ultrasonic bonding, and the beer can phone.
You read it here second.
"The latest Apple iPhone is expected to come with a back plate made of the same material used in beer cans, and a rubberized bezel or edge." -- Sangeeta Mukherjee, International Business Times, winner of this week's Infelicitous Rumor Phrasing Award.
iPhone 5 will be thinner due to touch-screen technology
Business Insider has a post that is essentially an excerpt from a Wall Street analyst's "report."
The analyst, Peter Misek, with securities firm Jefferies & Co., says Apple is working with Toshiba on an advanced display technology for the iPhone. According to BI, "The new screen technology is said to be more responsive, and will allow Apple to make a thinner phone."
Misek's actual quote is: "We believe Apple is partnering with Toshiba Mobile Display on inCell [though its "in-cell" in Toshiba documents] technology for potential inclusion in the iPhone 5 or beyond." "We believe" is a lot less definite than "I know."
Toshiba unveiled its in-cell advances in May 2011, at the annual symposium of the Society for Information Display.
We don't pretend to be an expert but Misek seems to summarize the implications accurately: "It would remove the need for touch assemblies, allow them to reduce the thickness of iPhones considerably, and would enable unbelievably smooth and sensitive touch experiences for Apple devices." Or, clearly, for any other device vendor that wanted to adopt the technology.
The actual development is being done by Toshiba America Electronic Components, based in Los Angeles. The in-cell touch technology is enabled by Low Temperature Poly-Silicon (LTPS). Without going into numbing detail, here's a summary of the two main results, by Toshiba Mobile Display:
"[First] In the polycrystalline substance, the electrons can move at a significantly higher speed (about 100 times) than possible in the a-Si (non-crystalline Si) substance, thus the volume of information handled by the silicon on the glass of a LTPS LCD would be increased to a greater extent. In addition, the driver IC chips, which conventionally have been externally connected to the a-Si glass substrate, can be directly mounted onto the glass substrate, thereby allowing downsizing of the TFT section."
Essentially, LTPS can eliminate some of the component layers needed in conventional displays by integrating the drive circuit directly into the glass. The result, according to Toshiba, is very clear crisp images, greater resistance to vibration and impact, reduced components, reduced thickness and weight, more efficient light utilization and resulting lower power consumption.
Toshiba isn't the only display vendor working on this. Arch rivals Sony and Sharp are also, and Synaptics announced on Feb. 29 what it claims are the first volume shipments of an in-cell OEM product, its ClearPad 3250, "a single-chip touch controller for display integrated In-Cell capacitive touchscreens ... [that] eliminates the discrete touch sensor by integrating touch in the display, enabling OEMs to develop thinner smartphones."
Whether any of these are available in time and in volume enough for Apple's iPhone 5 production run remains to be seen.
iPhone 5 release date is July-September quarter
Or else the fall of this year. Sometime in there, for sure.
That's the rumor, more technically known as an "investment note," from a trio of analysts at investment banking firm Piper Jaffray, posted by Mark Long at Sci-Tech Today.
The analysts, Gene Munster, Andrew Murphy and Douglas Clinton, "have pushed back their expected iPhone 5 release date from mid-2012 to this year's September-ending quarter," according to Long.
Basically, the three guys admit they don't really have a clue. "We're uncertain whether they will try to retain the annual summer launches or have switched to an annual fall release, but some of our insight into the supply chain suggests fall," Murphy said in an email Thursday. "Also, if they don't have an iOS software Relevant Products/Services event in the Spring -- and wait until WWDC to intro iOS 6 -- then that sort of confirms that they're doing a fall launch."
And it certainly does. Sort of.
"Looking beyond 2012-2013, Piper Jaffray believes that the coming iPhone 5 will help Apple outperform the firm's prior expectation of 162 million iPhone unit shipments in 2014." That's something of an understatement. The PJs now think Apple will sell 285 million iPhones in 2014, but that will include more than whatever-the-latest-model will in that year: It will include lower-priced earlier models that Apple is increasingly pushing into prepaid markets overseas. The unit growth will be "driven by continued strength in developed markets and share gains in geographies with more prepaid users buying a $200 iPhone," according to the PJs.
Either they didn't specify the breakdown between latest-model sales and older-model sales in their projections or Long didn't report on them. But if the PJs are right, it may mean that Apple is the only company that can use older, repriced products to help power a high-growth product strategy.
iPhone 5 will have LTE
A Verizon press release is being widely interpreted as a "major hint" that the Next iPhone will support LTE.
The original foundation appears to be a brief, sketchy story on March 13 in The Wall Street Journal, by Greg Bensinger. The story essentially riffs on a Verizon press release about the carrier's plans to expand its U.S. LTE network to new markets throughout 2012.
Importantly, Bensinger notes (but without attribution) that "Verizon Wireless has pumped billions into building out and promoting the high-speed data network known as 4G LTE, but the carrier has drawn just 5% [emphasis added] of its customers to the faster network, as it has struggled to convince customers to upgrade from their 3G devices, most notably Apple Inc.'s popular iPhone." Of course, iPhone users cannot now upgrade to an LTE iPhone because none exists.
Then Bensinger claims, "The carrier said that for the rest of 2012, it would only unveil smartphones capable of running on its 4G LTE network. The statement [journo-speak for 'press release'] suggests any new iPhone this year will be 4G LTE-capable."
But assuming that Bensinger is referring to this online Verizon press release (which, confusingly, was issued the day after Bensinger's story is dated), the release in fact does not say or even imply any such thing.
The closest thing one gets to a potentially and profoundly minor hint is in a quote attributed to the carrier's CTO David Small: "Our commitment to expanding and enhancing our 4G LTE network is enabling more customers across the country to enjoy the benefits of the most popular wireless devices." The iPhone certainly qualifies as one of the "most popular devices."
But that, and the fact that the "news" contained in the press release was reported by the Journal, is enough for the iOSsphere. Small's committee-written quotes are a "major hint" that the next iPhone will have LTE, insists Steven Kovach, writing for Business Insider. Adam Mills, at GottaBeMobile, says, "Verizon pretty much confirmed what we think we know."
"From now on, all of Verizon's new smartphones will be able to connect to the carrier's 4G LTE network, the company's chief technical officer said in an interview with Dow Jones Newswires," Kovach declares, based on Bensinger's story based on the Verizon press release which didn't actually say that.
"Assuming Apple plays along with Verizon's plan, that means the next iPhone will likely have 4G LTE, just like the new iPad," Kovach asserts.
That seems to Rollup like a pretty major assumption. Even assuming that Verizon said what Bensinger, Kovach and others think it said, the iPhone is such a hugely popular phone that it creates its own exceptions. Even if Verizon did decide to offer only LTE phones from now on, the chances of it not offering the next iPhone, even if it lacks LTE, seem remote: Verizon needs Apple more than Apple needs Verizon. (OK, OK, we jumped on this story too: See "Verizon Wireless: 4G LTE or bust in 2012.")
iPhone 5 will have better ultra-sonic bonding
Who could resist a rumor about "ultra-sonic bonding"?
Certainly not "Nicole," at InRumor.com, where she breathlessly reports, "A new patent application from Apple published in the US Patent & Trademark Office today revealed that the company is considering new ways to permanently bond plastic and metal parts for its products."
"New patent application" actually means "new patent application first reported on by Patently Apple," where they pore over this stuff seemingly day and night. Nicole, doubtless through an oversight, didn't link to the other website, but we boldly go where InRumor doesn't.
Patently Apple found the March 15 publication by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office of an Apple patent application that actually "refines an older 2008 patent on using Ultrasonic bonding in products like the 2009 metal back iPhone and current iPods. Apple may have refined the process of ultrasonic bonding in their latest Apple TV and iPad designs where it's necessary to bring metal and plastic together to save on costs and to keep the devices lighter."
According to PA, ultrasonic bonding can make a stronger, more permanent bond than using adhesives to hold different materials together (in a phone casing, for example) and can be applied more flexibly than traditional metal welding. And Apple's refinement lets the technique be applied to different materials.
"Apple states that ultrasonic welding of plastic materials is used extensively in many other major industries, offers advantages in speed, efficiency and economy, and is often used where parts are too complex or expensive to be molded into a single piece," according to the website. "One big advantage of ultrasonic welding is that heating tends to be localized, such that the ultrasonic welding of plastic parts can take place at various stages of the overall manufacturing process without unduly disturbing nearby parts. Seams and joins of plastic parts that have been ultrasonically welded together can also be quite aesthetically pleasing in comparison with some traditional metallic welds."
Exactly. "Industrial design" doesn't mean having an iPhone welding seam that could be used on the Gerald R. Ford class of Navy aircraft carriers.
The problem is that different materials, like metal and plastics, have different melting points. According to PA, Apple's solution is to machine the metal surfaces in the dovetail pattern common to carpentry joinery, and then let the melted edge of the plastic components marry with the dovetail.
Nicole, as do so many others, interprets every Apple patent award or application as an unerring indicator of the Next New Thing in the Next New iDevice. But the patent application doesn't, of course, show that.
But who could resist a rumor about ultrasonic bonding?
iPhone 5 rear housing will use a new material
You can't really satirize an industry, in this case the international Apple rumor industry, that so successfully satirizes itself.
Here's the rumor, courtesy of International Business Times' Sangeeta Mukherjee, who offers it as part of the "rampant speculation that Apple's next generation smartphone will have some stunning features which will outshine all its competitors."
And what is one of these stunning features?
IBT has the scoop, though as befitting a real rumor, it's entirely unsourced: "The latest Apple iPhone is expected to come with a back plate made of the same material used in beer cans, and a rubberized bezel or edge."
This reminds Rollup of a now-ancient Mad Magazine advertising satire of the Madison Avenue mindset promoting a new toy ball "made with the same material used in B-52 bomber tires!" That would have been, back then, basically rubber.
The "material used in beer cans" is aluminum, stamped to paper (or less) thinness, and the details are on view in this Discovery Channel video on how beer cans are made. You can hear real men talking lovingly about the qualities of aluminum. There is also, as it turns out, more than one online History of Beer Cans.
That's what you can look forward to in this pinnacle of mobile phone industrial design: a beer can with a rubber edge.
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Even in the aftermath of Sandy, the show must go on at "Saturday Night Live."
"We're doing the show no matter what happens," promises New Yorker and this week's host Louis C.K. in a new promo released Wednesday. Joining the comic will be musical guest Fun.
Dressed in a yellow rain slicker, the Emmy winning star of FX's "Louie" braves wind and water alongside "SNL" castmember Bill Hader. The two also star in other spots wishing all a Happy Halloween.
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It was also announced Wednesday that "Les Miserables" star Anne Hathaway will take the stage at 30 Rock for the third time as host of the Nov. 10 episode. She will be joined by Rihanna, marking her fourth appearance as musical guest.
One week later actor Jeremy Renner will make his debut as host to promote the home video release of "The Bourne Legacy" and his new film "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" which arrives in theaters Nov. 17. Renner will be joined by Maroon 5, who, like Rihanna are also returning as musical guest for the fourth time.
"Saturday Night Live" airs Saturday at 11.30 p.m. on NBC